Electric socket structure



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M. HERsKovlTz ELECTRIC SOCKET STRUCTURE f Filed Nov. 22, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Patented Apr. 27, 1,926.

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MAX I-IE13/SKOVIT?.7 DECEAVSED, LATE OE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS; BY WILLIAM HERSKO- VITZY, EXECUTOR, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. i

ELECTRIC SOCKET STRUCTURE.

Application filed November 22, 1924. Serial No. 751,697.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that MAX Hnnsnovifrz, de ceased, formerly a citizen of the United States, lately residing at Chicago, Illinois (Villiam Herskovitz, executor), has 1 nvented new and useful Improvements in Electric Socket Structures, of which the following is a specification. y

This invention relates to electrical devices comprising a body, or housing, membery for receiving, andA housing, an electrical contact-equipped socket for an electric lamp. The primary objects of the invention are to provide a novel, simple, and inexpensive Aconstruction; of body. member, the parts ot. which may be readily assembled and disassembled, as desired; to provide such a body member as a part ot. a lamp structure and serving as means for supportinga shadesupport; to provide such abody member as a part of a retlectorequipped structure, the reflector of which' is carried by the body member; and to provide a structure whereby the electric ,light socket may be introduced into and removed from, its housing structure, at'will, without disturbing the connection of thel housing member with the part on which it is supported and without disturbingy the shade support, or retlector, as thecaseV may be.

Referring to the accompanying drawings:

Figure l is a view in elevation ofl a table lamp embodying the invention, the lower part thereoic being broken away and the shade, together with a member from 'which itis directly supported', being` shown in section. Figure 2 is a view in 'elevationot one ot the sections of the body member and shade supportY of the structure. Figure 2 isa face view ot the other section ot the body member` this View showing the inner surfacey of the/latter. Figure 3 is a section taken atthe line 3 onFigkLLZ, showing the body member only. Figure l is a section taken at tlieline il; onFig. Zand viewed inftlieA direction of theA arrow.. Figure, 5 face view et, arefl'lectOrQ-equrpped SOC-kct'striicture embell'g the iur-enticing Figure 6 is a, similar, View vlie'w'ii'g the] strutiiefot Fic'. 5' tromL a point` ntirmal'to that troni wliclithe Structure. Of

Figf; islvielwed; and Figure 7 afsection take-nv atmthe linfe'fV onffFifg. and viewed in vbracing the adjacent edges of the section 1l,

Referring to the structure shown in Figs. l to el, inclusive, wherein the invention is illustrated as embodied in table lamp, the standard portion of the lamp is represented at 8 and as is usual in constructions of this character, contains an upright tube 9 through which the electric-currentconducting wires for the lamp socket of the device and represented at 100, extend. The tube is surmounted by an electric socket structure embodying the invention and which forms va housing. for the socket 100, and comprising, inthe particular embodiment illustrated, a i socket-forming body, or housing, member formed o'sections l0 and ll which may be, and preferably are, of cast meta-l. The sections 10 and ll are each, ot substantially semi-circular shape in cross section as shown, the joint at which these sections tit together throughout the greater portion of their length, extending lengthwise of the body member, and the section ll0 having its lengthwise-extending edges provided with outwardly ofsetrtlanges l2 for partially emas shown in Fig. l, when the sections are assembled to the position therein shown.

The lower end ot the body member is closed by a plate portion 13 'formed integrally with the section 10 and containing a centrally disposed boss 14 containing a screw threaded aperture l5 for receiving the upper threaded end of the tube 9, which latter screws intoit. The plate I4 is of such dimensions that a portion of its marginal edge overlaps the lower` end portion otthe section ll, as shown, and forms a joint.

The socketedbody thus provided is4 adapted to receive, the lamp socket 100,v which upon assembly, is positioned in the socket body as shown in Fig, 2, with its external portionv surrounded by a sheatl'iing of current insulatingmaterial as is common practice. The socket shown is of the common pullfchaijn type, the guide tube 16j of which, and in which the pull-chain representedv at 100 1.7 opeintes` extending throush registering recesses'- 185 inlopposiiig, edges ot the sections' 1Q yand 1,1.- U'niiassenibling the sections 10 and '151 aboutV the lamp socket 100', thes'esections( are clamped together, as'iior example, 105 and preferably, by a. screw lwhicli extends cross-.wise ofthe body iiienibeij below the lamp socket v1.00: and'scil1-t0-v 11 aPeflf tured boss 20 formed on the inner surface of the section 10.

The body member carries a shade-supporting` member Q1 which shown as carried b v, and is preferably formed integrally with, one ot the sections l0 or 1l, but preferably section l0, as shown, the member 2l being shown of Igeneral loop form presenting,` upwardly extending spaced, diametrically opposed, arms 22 joined together at their upper ends by a` shade-seatingv disk-like portion 23. ln the particular construction illustrated the member l0 with its end plate l?) and the supporting member 2l, are formed integrally, and preferably by casting' these parts as a unitary structure.

l'fhen the shade, represented at, 2li, is ot the type shown, namely, with a comparz'itively large central opening' a shade-clamp` ing member 26 is provided which rests at its central portion upon the top smi-tace ot the member QB and is secured thereto as by a screw 2T, extending through the member 26 and screwed into the member Q3, the member being provided vVith shade engaging and supporting set screws QS, as is usual in structures ot this general type.

Referring' to the structure shown in Figs. (i and 7, wherein the invention is illustrated in a structure' adapted tor support in a variety ot ways, as for example, as in the case ot' the usual adjustable lamp bracket Fixture, or adjustable desk lamp, the structure shown comprises a socket forming body, or housing, member Q9 of the same construction as in the ease ot' the body member of the preceding ligures ot the drawings, except that this body member is shown of greater length to adapt it to house at its lower end portion, a plug-in switch (not shown) ot any desirable construction, and instead of beingr provided with a lamp supporting' member, as for example the member 22 ol" the preceding' figures ot. the drawiiigs, is provided with a reflector portion 30 which extends outwardly trom the body member to one side ot' its loimjitudinal axis, and is so positioned as to partially siii'- round the electric lamp illustrated at 8l and screwed into the lamp socket of the structure. the. reflector member l() beingl preterabl)` carried by the one ot the sections which carries the end-wall-forming plate oi' t-he body member. whereby the plate portion referred to and the reflector portion 8O are formed integrally with one ot' the seclions comprising the body member.

lt will be understi'iodI from the foregoint;l that a socket device constructed in accord ance with the invention is not only et sinr ple and economical construction, but is adapted for the disassembly of the sections forming; the body member, 'for access to the interior thereof, as for example to remove,

or replace, the lamp socket therein, without requiring disconnection ol` the body member from the part at which it supported, it being` necessary only that the section ll be removed, to permit ot the desired access to the interior ot' the housing.

Yfhile I have illustrated and described certain particular consructions embodying' the invention, I do not wish to be understood as intendingto limit the invention tlnfreto, as the same may be variously modified and altered without departing tieni the .spirit thereof.

lVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

l. An electric socket structure con'iprising a hollow lamp-soclret-housineY member Vformed of separable sections with the joint therebetween extending lengthwise ot said member, one ol said sections having a portion extending crosswise of said housingf member and forming' the end wall of said member, and means Yfor relcasably securing said sections together.

2. An electric soci-tet structure comprising a lamp-socket-housing member formed ol separable sections with the joint therebetween extending lengthwise of the member, one of said sections having formed integrally therewith a portion extending' crosswise of said housing member and forming the end wall of said member, and means for releasably securing said sections together.

3. An electric socket lamp structure comprising a lampsocket-housing and supportin cj member termed of separable sections with the joint therebetween extending,r lengthwise of said member, one oi" said sections having a portion extending crosswise of said housing member and by which said member is adapted wholly to be supported, means releasably securing said sections together, and a shade-supporting,r member carried by one of said sections.

4. An electric socket lamp structure comprising a lamp-soclct-housingg and supporting member formed o' separable sections with the joint therebetween extending,r lengthwise or said member, one ot' said sections haring a portion extending crosswise of said housing member and by which said member is adapted wholly to be supported, means releasably securing said sections together, and a shade-supportine member carried by the one of said sections provided with said portion.

An electric socket lamp structure coniprising a lampsocket-housing-and-supporting: member formed of separable sections with the joint therebetween extendingT lengthwise or" said member, one of said secitions having an end-forming portion extending crosswise ol said housing;r member and by which said member is adapted wholly to be supported, means releasably securing said sections together, and a, fixture element carried by one of said sections and extending lengthwise thereof and outwardly beyond said housing, member.

6, An electric socket lamp structure oomprising a lamp-soclret-housing-and-supporting member formed of separable sections with the joint therebetween extending lengthwise of said member, one ot said sections having an end-forming portion extending crosswise of said housing member and by which said member is adapted wholly to be supported, means releasably securing said sect-ions together, and a fixture element carried by the one ot said sections provided with sa'id portion and extending lengthwise *thereof and outwardly beyond said housing member.

7. An electric socket lamp structure oomprising an upright7 a lampsocket-housing and supporting` member formed of separable sections with the joint therebetween extending lengthwise oi said member, one of said sections having a portion extending crosswise of said member and by which said member is supported on said upright, means releasably securing said sections together, and an upwardly extending shade-supporting member carried by one of said sections.

8. An electric socket lamp structure comprising an upright, a. lamp-socket-housing and supporting member formed of separable sections with the joint therebetween extending lengthwise oit said member, one ot said sections having` a portion extending crosswise o1 said member and by which said member is supported on said upright7 means releasably securing` said sections together, and an upwardly extending` shade-supporting` member carried by the one of said sections which is provided with said portion.

WILLIAM HERSKOVITZ, Eenutor of the Estate of Mcm e'rscom'tz,

Deceased. 

